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Support for QWORD registry values and InstallScript RegDBGetKeyValueEx

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Qword Registry Data usage with installers

Synopsis

Support for QWORD registry values in InstallScript and a MSI Database is not currently supported.

Discussion

QWORD values are 64-bit integers (compared to the 32-bit integers of DWORD) and introduced in Windows 2000.

If using a Basic MSI project to author an install notice the MSI Registry Table does not currently support QWORD values. Once Windows Installer lists the value and method we should be able to incorporate this into the Basic MSI project. Reference:
A product enhancement regarding the use of InstallScript (eg. RegDBGetKeyValueEx) is being tracked as Master Issue Number: IOJ-1624419. The expected result using InstallScript is the ability to get and set QWORD Registry values.


Workaround

In lieu of using the MSI Registry Table or some InstallScript the possible workaround would be to author a custom *.dll or *.exe to alter the value of a Qword in the Registry. The installation would incorporate a custom action into the installer project.

Related Documents

RegDBGetKeyValueEx

RegDBGetKeyValueEx Example
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Support for QWORD registry values and InstallScript RegDBGetKeyValueEx